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4 Walmart employees fired after disarming gunman caught shoplifting(UT)
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| 9 February, 2011
| Andrew Adams
Posted on 02/11/2011 7:10:10 PM PST by marktwain
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These guys should be given awards. Our society has gone crazy.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:10:19 PM PST
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
Blame our legal system... it is far too easy for criminals to sue people who defend themselves.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:12:09 PM PST
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: marktwain
Walmart needs to re-think it’s policies. Absolutes as policy never work. Ask the schools about molded plastic toy soldiers with guns.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:13:24 PM PST
by
pacpam
(action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
To: marktwain
Fired or not fired, they did what is right. There's no telling what the shoplifter/gunman would have done if they didn't wrestle away the weapon from him. Walmart is my favorite store but they are in the wrong on this one.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:14:22 PM PST
by
Nitehawk0325
(I have the right to remain silent, but I lack the ability...........)
To: pacpam
At some point Sprawl-mart will have its employees so scared to do anything that the criminals will essentially have free roam of the store. With the secure knowledge that any attempt by an employee to stop them will be met with said employee losing their job...
To: marktwain
Since when have you all started to believe KSL, the communication division of the Mormon church.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:17:20 PM PST
by
kbennkc
(For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
To: marktwain
Launch a boycott against that store. Pickets, protests, the whole shebang.
To: marktwain
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:18:06 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: marktwain
Those fools should have let the crazed gunman open fire! What the h*ll were they thinking!
To: marktwain
Walmart!Super high prices and no deals in Texas.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:19:29 PM PST
by
taxtruth
(Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
To: pnh102
I will blame our legal system. For the untenable position it put WalMart in. I’m sure if WalMart had not fired these brave employees (who did not deserve to be fired) there would be all sorts of legal issues to contend with their insurance.
The second that man pulled a gun - those employees were toast.
Sad.
For the sake of appearances, they should sue the snot out of WalMart. WalMart should pay out of court. Everyone goes away happy.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:19:36 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
To: marktwain
This will make not want to shop at walmart...idiot management better wake up.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:20:35 PM PST
by
fabian
(" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
To: marktwain
I already don’t shop at Wally World. I see enough illegals on the street.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:21:03 PM PST
by
manic4organic
(We won. Get over it.)
To: marktwain
But a week later, all four were fired from their jobs. Walmart said their actions had violated company policy and put their fellow workers and shoppers at risk. Far better to be fired from Wall Mart than be carried out of Wall Mart by the coroners office.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:21:05 PM PST
by
Ditto
(Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
To: kbennkc
“Since when have you all started to believe KSL, the communication division of the Mormon church.”
You’ve got to be kidding, right?
Do you actually think they made this story up?
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:21:43 PM PST
by
panaxanax
(*Memo to Jim DeMint: Check your mail. Your DRAFT NOTICE will be arriving soon!)
To: marktwain
Wal-mart is putting political correctness ahead of the safety of their customers and employees. I like cheap prices as much as anyone, but not the expense of my safety.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:22:46 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
(Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
To: pnh102
No I freaking blame Wal-Mart. It was Wal-Mart that fired them. Stop making excuses for Wal-Mart.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:23:48 PM PST
by
packrat35
(America is rapidly becoming a police state that East Germany could be proud of!)
To: marktwain
If you recall, until around 10 am on Sept. 11, 2001, every airline employee and passenger were instructed to cooperate with hijackers and leave it up to the ‘professionals’ to deal with them.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:25:04 PM PST
by
Ditto
(Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
To: The Magical Mischief Tour
I was a Walmart LP for 5 years. The day that AP09 became policy I knew I had to quit. Total hands off and no pursuit beyond 10 feet from the door. In addition, while they will say there is no “quota” on stops, if you didn’t maintain a certain level of productivity, you were let go. AP09 made the job impossible.
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posted on
02/11/2011 7:25:14 PM PST
by
pnut22
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